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Human-performance vulnerabilities
Identify physiological, cognitive, and environmental conditions that degrade performance, readiness, or recovery.
Aerospace human performance + HSI
We design for the human in the system.
Crew+ Apogee helps aerospace, defense, and high-reliability organizations improve human performance, reduce operational risk, and design systems that work with—not against—the people who operate them.
Where aerospace physiology, operational experience, and human-centered engineering meet.
25+ yearsAerospace experience
1,500+ hoursAcross 25+ aircraft
Air · SpaceOperational perspective
Problems we help solve
Complex systems still depend on human capability.
We identify where physiology, cognition, training, design, and operational demands intersect—then turn evidence into practical improvements.
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Human–system integration gaps
Evaluate whether interfaces, equipment, procedures, and environments support the people expected to use them.
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Training that does not transfer
Align training objectives, methods, and measures with the demands operators face in the real mission environment.
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Persistent safety and mishap risk
Translate human-factors evidence into design recommendations, risk controls, policy, and targeted interventions.
Core capabilities
Specialized insight. Operationally useful outcomes.
Flexible advisory, research, review, and training support tailored to the maturity and needs of each program.
HP
Aerospace Physiology & Human Performance
Physiological, cognitive, and environmental analysis for aircrew and extreme-environment operators.
Human capability →
HSI
Human Systems Integration
Human-centered requirements, design review, usability assessment, and operational integration.
System alignment →
PE
Physiological Event Mitigation
Risk characterization, causal analysis, countermeasure development, and prevention strategy.
Risk reduction →
TR
Training & Performance Readiness
Evidence-based training design, evaluation, and optimization for high-consequence operations.
Operational readiness →
SA
Operational Safety & Mishap Prevention
Human-factors analysis supporting investigation, corrective action, and safer system performance.
Safety insight →
T&E
Research, Test & Evaluation
Study design, technical review, validation planning, and translation of evidence into decisions.
Evidence to action →
The Crew+ Apogee difference
Built to see the whole human–system problem.
A rare combination of scientific depth, operational perspective, and design thinking across the aerospace lifecycle.
Physiology + engineering
Connecting biological limits with system requirements and design decisions.
Operational credibility
Experience spanning frontline aviation, developmental flight test, research, and safety.
Evidence into action
Converting research into usable interventions, requirements, and decisions.
Lifecycle perspective
Insight from concept and training through test, fielding, and sustainment.
Experience behind the firm
“The most sophisticated aerospace system can still fail when it does not account for the human operating it.”
Board certifiedAerospace Physiologist with advanced experience in operational physiology and aviation safety.
NASAHuman-performance research experience supporting long-duration human spaceflight.
AsMA FellowRecognized leadership and contribution across aerospace medicine and human performance.
Founder + Principal Consultant
Amanda F. Lippert,
MS, MSEd, CAsP
Amanda’s career has focused on a central question: how do we design aerospace systems, training, and operations around the capabilities and limitations of the human beings inside them?
Her experience spans Naval Aviation, developmental flight test, operational safety, spatial disorientation, survival and emergency egress, and human-performance research for extreme environments.
Meet the founder →